The New Home of Google Hangouts works with Windows Phone

Google Hangouts is a communication platform developed by Google which includes instant messaging, video chat, SMS and VOIP features.It replaces three messaging products that Google had implemented concurrently within its services, including Google Talk, Google+ Messenger (formerly: Huddle), and Hangouts, a video chat system present within Google+.If you are desperate, the new https://hangouts.google.com web interface seems to work with Windows Phone 8.1.1 for now. All you have to do is to set the website preference to "Desktop" in IE. You can start a quick chat and even send images (but no calls and video).Source: Reddit